[MC-131181] /give not giving items names

Using /give @p minecraft:diamond_sword{display:{Name:"Rainbow"}} does not give the sword the specified name. This applies to all names and items.

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MC-123807 Item, entity, block, team, and objective display names must be valid JSON text components Resolved

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SnipUndercover 2018-06-10T14:38:07Z

Invalid: The display tag's syntax has been changed to ~~JSON format~~ TextComponent, which means you can now apply colors, and other text effects to item names.
Correct command:

/give @p diamond_sword{display:{Name:"{\"text\":\"Rainbow\"}"}}

Basemaker5 2018-06-10T14:38:37Z

They changed how the Name tag is used in 1.13 a bit. Now you need to use it like

/give @p diamond_sword{display:{Name:"\"Rainbow\""}}

(With the \"\" inside the regular quotes.) This also lets you do colored names and stuff like

/give @p diamond_sword{display:{Name:"{\"text\":\"Rainbow\",\"color\":\"blue\"}"}}